Apple posted a Leopard guided tour video, in the same format as the earlier iPhone and iPod Touch guided tours. It mentions the new Finder, stacks, Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, and so on. In Quicktime, of course.
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I would just like to add (but not in response to yourself), that your computer with Tiger does not suddenly become anything less than it was just because leopard has come out. There is no "suck switch" that Apple flip to make Tiger totally inadequate. 
Tiger is still better than Vista, and I have a G4 MacMini that I could upgrade, but that I will keep Tiger on, running just as well as it has since 2005.
Edited 2007-10-21 12:12
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I recently upgraded from a PC to Macbook, and I'm genuinely shocked/surprised just how good it actually is. It is a rocket fast it is. Believe me, you won't be disappointed when you move. Leopard apparently has had big kernel changes to fix long standing threading/process performance issues.
Hopefully Arstechnica will have a good review once it has been released - including information on the kernel underpinnings and low level features.
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In all honesty, what's so bad about the features they did show?
Leopard is stunning. It's simple, efficient and these features are fantastic for regular users.
Just imagine trying to demo the same feature set in Vista:
OSX: Plug in disk, click Yes
Vista: Plug in disk, click on Start orb > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup status and configuration. Click Run a backup now. Click Allow on UAC...
This is beyond confusing and doesn't even begin to cover trying to restore a file based on a search query.
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Well, you know, they might be new features for OSX, but other operating systems have been having these things for ages. Sure, Apple made them easier to use than ever (supposedly, we haven't used them yet), but that's it. That's commendable, but not trendsetting, like OSX used to be.
So, I assume you've been trying out the betas?
Leopard is stunning in that it is Mac OS X, the best desktop operating system for normal users - not for its "new" features.
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Not hard to get 300+ feaures when you count tabs in the terminal as four features:
Tabbed Windows
Keep multiple Terminal sessions going in a single, tabbed window.
Movable Tabs
Rearrange your tabs with just a drag and drop. Change the order in which they appear or separate them out by pulling them into a separate window.
Pull Tab into New Window
Separate a tab into its own window with a simple drag and drop.
Merge All Windows
Combine all your open Terminal windows into a single window with multiple tabs.
First two aleast should count as one, or all four.
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2006-12-30
I downloaded the high res version and sat there watching it, waiting to see something new that The Steve hadn't already shown us, but there was nothing new in it...
I find it quite amusing that going through 300 new features, Apple lists screensavers as a 'new feature'. Since when do we buy operating systems based on screensavers??!
I will of course, go to the Apple Store like a good little sheep and pay for the upgrade as I don't want to be left behind.
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